niceprof:
Jarus you meant you developed a coldfeet! If he failed your story could have been on how you saw that he was going to fail and by hindsight developed a coldfeet.But now...

4nobody4every1:

bettercreature:

No dull moments on Nairaland

4nobody4every1:

Jarus:
I got him for an interview today.

1. Kindly tell us briefly about yourself.

I am Ezekiel Enejeta from Delta State, a Nigerian professional online news publisher. I’m single, 29 years old. As a graduate of mass communication from National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), I know what it means to solve most of my challenges myself as the school allows students the opportunity to be self-reliant. Before I ventured into publishing, I was a banker for 6years in a top Nigerian bank which exposed me to the banking and financial industry.

2. Did you ever think of owning a blog while you were working in bank?

In my final year as a banker (2014 to early 2015), I had a blog designed for me by a friend, as at then I have zero knowledge of how the web works, I don’t know what wordpress is, neither do I know blogger platform. I blogged on that custom made website for 9months without any success. In August 2015 when I resigned from the bank to focus on blogging, I soon realized that I have to abandon my old blog and start afresh as it was a general niche site and not SEO friendly. With my banking experience as well as knowledge of financial world, I saw an opportunity in a “finance niche”, that was the motivation that lead to FINANCIAL WATCH.

3. I remember seeing your post on Nairaland last year, telling your story on how you decided to go into financial blogging after losing your banking job. People didn’t take you seriously as the feedback from that Nairaland thread was miserably low. It appears I was the only one that contacted you. How did you feel at the beginning? Did you ever think this website will be a success? Was there a time you thought of quitting?

Firstly I did not lose my bank job, I resigned honorably because I wanted to go full time into blogging. When I first started FINANCIAL WATCH, I started by writing great piece about bank jobs, banking terms, bank products etc. It was a kind of an unexplored topic on the web. So the reaction then was a kind of “who is this guy claiming to know it all about banking?”, but then you called me on phone and told me I was doing a great job, that motivated me a lot and gave me the impression that I am doing something right. Yes, from the day I resigned my bank job for blogging, I knew I was gonna make a great Finance website; I put everything, my well-being and immediate comfort on the line just to get my blog to the top. I remember my family questioning my sanity; I was practically told I was going crazy for quitting my bank job just for blogging. It was difficult to explain where I was going then, but there was never a time I considered quitting because I feel for once doing what makes me happy.

4. After how many months/weeks did you make your first money from the first website? When did you make your first million naira from the blog? How much do you make per month from the website now?

Financial Watch was launched 16th October, 2015. It took me 6 months before I made N10,000 from the blog in May this year, a month later in June, I made my first N1,000,000 from the website. Any blogger out there knows how much a blog like FINANCIAL WATCH is worth monthly, it’s no secret at all because it gives me an average of N1,500,000 per month.

bettercreature:
Then!!! in 2007 we asked them what to do with certain amount of money,they said we must go into forex trading because everybody is making it but we refused! We started physical business and fast forward to 2016 we are swimming in cash
I can see majority of youth dreaming of blogging,its wrong! totally wrong! what worked for taiye might not work for Kehinde

i agree

Jarus:
About a year ago, I saw a post by a young man on Nairaland asking for people’s opinion on his newly floated blog, financialwatchngr.com. It was a miserable thread – very few views, with less than 10 comments. People did not take him seriously.

The guy told his story of how he had just been sacked by a bank and how he decided to open a website to share information on banking jobs based on his experience as a banker for 5 years. He had published only 3 or 4 posts then (How to Get a Bank Job; How to Open Bank Account etc).

I clicked the link to the guy’s blog and read it. I liked his concept. Something came to my mind that this blog had potential. I felt he had a good niche – financial careers. Financial system still remains the largest absorber of formal labour in Nigeria. I’m not aware of any blog in Nigeria dedicated to that theme. Something told me this guy’s website will be a hit.

I picked my phone and called him. We spoke at length. I asked whether he had heard of Jarus or JarusHub. He replied with a no. I asked him to check out JarusHub, our career blog. He did and reverted, and realized he was talking to arguably Nigeria’s #1 career issues blogger.


SOURCE: http://www.jarushub.com/meet-nigerias-1-financial-blogger-who-quit-bank-contract-job-to-float-a-blog-now-earning-more-than-a-most-senior-managers-one-year-later/

kaboninc:
Now I feel motivated!

tosyne2much:
That's why I keep doing my thing even in the face of discouragement.. One day I will also soar high

kingelemide:
Now i also feel motivated my blog isn't even up to a month i beleive God will do it for me just like he did it for him

haggdon:

That is it. Always focus on positive. Tosyne2much i missed your informative post

tosyne2much:
I visited your blog and I must say that you've got a good template and well arranged contents... Nice one Bro